October 2021

Global Urban Dialogues with Yuri Kazepov

The Global Urban Dialogues series explores the functioning, interests and institutional settings of the urban studies institutes participating in the Urban Agency III network through interviews with their directors/coordinators. The series continues on Thursday 28 October 5-6 pm CEST, with an interview with Prof. Yuri Kazepov, PI and speaker of the Challenge of Urban Futures Research Platform at the University of Vienna. You are invited to join at the following link: mau-se.zoom.us/j/66038242039

Craftsmanship and Governmentality: Rubens Lecture

On 28 October, Bert De Munck will give the 2021 P.P. Rubens Lecture at the Berkeley Institute of European Studies. He will talk about Craftsmanship and Governmentality: the Value of Artisanal Skills in the Renaissance and the Modern City. This lecture proceeds from the observation that there is a connection between how the city is imagined and how certain talents and skills are valued.

Learn more and attend the lecture via Zoom

Maak De Stad • duurzame en sociale mobiliteit

Our Maak De Stad series opens its third season at Stadsform! How do policy makers ensure that the benefits and costs of measures to reduce the ecological impact of our mobility are distributed fairly among the population?

Rewatch it online

Launch KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute: LUSI

The new KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute, LUSI, will have a public launch on 20 January 2022 with a lecture focusing on COVID-19. In this lecture, Prof. Colin McFarlane (Durham University) will draw on his ongoing research into urban densities to reflect on COVID-19 and the politics of urban value.

Contact
Research managers
Inneke Baatsen
Kate Reilly